Spectacle-case.



v No. 768,662. PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

H. A. HOLI'BAUGH.

SPECTAGLE CASE.

APPLICATION FILED 11017.10, 1903.

NO MODEL.

Patented August 30, 1904.

Fries.

ATENT HIRAM A. HOLI'BAUGH, OF NEW'BERLIN, OHIO.

SPECTACLE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,662, dated August 30, 1904.

Application filed lr'ovember 10, 1903. Serial No. 180,527.

To a, wiumt it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, HIRAM A. HOLIBAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Berlin, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Spectacle-Case, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to spectacle-cases, and has for its object to produce a simple inexpensive device of this character adapted to be carried in the pocket or attached to the garment of the user and from which the spectacles may be readily removed without detaching the case or removing the same from the pocket and one from which the spectacles when inclosed therein cannot accidentally escape and will be fully protected.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully herein after described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a case embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designatesthe case, composed of any suitable material and comprising a rear wall 2, side walls 3, a front wall 4, and a bottom end wall 5. The front edges of the side walls 3 are upwardly and outwardly beveled or inclined from the lower end wall 5, whereby the front wall 4, which terminates short of the upper end of the case to produce an entrance mouth or opening 6, is given a corresponding inclination to impart the desired-shape to the case. The outer edges of the walls 3 are also upwardly and inwardly beveled or inclined from the point of termination of the wall 4 to a point of meeting with the upper end of the rear wall 2 and constitute a seat for the lid or cover 7, to which the desired inclination is thereby imparted and which serves to normally close the mouth or opening 6.

8 designates an attaching device, preferably in the form of a pin, disposed transversely of the rear wall of the case at a point directly beneath the point of meeting of the upper end of wall 4 and the lower end of the cover 7.

other spring element to the case.

(No model.)

The pin has the usual spring-coil 9, from which extends a shank 10, designed to fit removably in an opening formed through the rear wall and extending into one of the side walls, a similar opening being formed at a diametrically opposite point through the rear wall and into the other side wall for the reception of the shank ll of a removable hook or its equivalent [2, with which the end of the pin is normally engaged.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the case as provided adjacent to its lower end with a second transversely-disposed pin 13,similar in construction and operation with that just described. These pins serve in practice for attaching the case to the garment of the user; but it is to be understood that when it is desired to carry the case in the pocket the lowerpin 13 is removed, the upper pin being in this instance employed for holding the case to prevent it accidentally falling out of the pocket; but it is also to be understood that in any event the" lower pin may be omitted, if so desired, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The lid 7, which is pivoted along one of its side edges to one of the side walls 3, is provided upon its inner face with an attaching member or device 14, preferably in the form of a longitudinally-disposed wire having its ends embedded in the material of the cover and bent outward between its ends to permit the attachment thereto of one end of an elastic 15, which is passed through an opening 16 in the rear wall 5 and has its opposite end engaged with the shank ll of hook 12, which thus subserves the function of a fastening device for securing the end of the elastic or It is apparent'that in practice the elastic will serve normally to maintain the cover closed and that owing to the simple manner of its engagement with the parts it may when impaired by use be readily replaced by a new one.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the case may be attached to the garment ofthe user or worn in the pocket and when in either of said positions willwithout being disturbed permit the ready insertion or removal of the spectacles, and, further, that when the spectacles are in position with the lid closed they will be Wholly protected and their accidental escape from the case obviated.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim is 1. The combination With a case having an entrance-opening adjacent to one end, of a garment-engaging member associated With the case, a pivoted cover for said opening, and a spring element connected with the cover and detachably engaged With a removable part of the garment-engaging member.

2. The combination with a case having an entrance-opening adjacent to one end, of a i garmentengaging member associated with the rear Wall of the case, a pivoted cover for said opening, and an elastic connected with the cover and extended through an aperture in the case for detachable engagement with the removable part of the garment-engaging member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

HIIRAM A. HOLIBAUGH.

itnessesz NAT RuEnsNYDER, U. H. BEAM. 

